Battery is one of the important factors that determine the fate of any smartphone. After all, you wouldn’t want to carry around a phone that forces you to find a charging point every few hours. And that’s one of the reasons why most of us do extensive research on ways to extend the battery life of our phones.
Battery optimization is a necessity. However, going overboard with over-optimization can ruin the whole experience. Several OnePlus users have discovered similar dangers in the past few months.
OnePlus continues to make pretty impressive changes to the phone’s battery optimization settings. This setting will turn off apps running in the background even if you whitelist them in settings. What’s worse is that even if you manually toggle the Do Not Optimize switch, these apps can still revert back to their original state.
While it may seem like a minor issue at first, the consequences of Oxygen OS’ aggressive battery optimization are quite severe. For starters, you won’t get notifications from apps — email clients won’t notify you of important messages, or utility apps like Dashlane or Truecaller won’t show up when you need them. .
Some users have reported repeated issues on OnePlus 5/5T and OnePlus 6/6T running on Android Oreo and Android Pie.
Thankfully, there’s a clever way to fix this problem. But before we dive into the matter, let’s see why this is happening in the first place.
When does it happen?
The Battery Optimization setting usually reverts back to default when an app automatically updates in the background or when the phone restarts or reboots. I noticed this problem occurs when we don’t use specific apps for days.
Until now, it was considered a bug. While we wait for OnePlus to release an update to fix the problem, let’s take a look at some solutions to deal with this situation.
How to fix OnePlus battery optimization problems
So far, we’ve found three ways that can help you with this problem with your OnePlus phone.
1. Use the App Lock feature
With Android 7.0 Nougat, Google introduced a handy feature called App Lock. This nifty setting will lock your apps and prevent them from being killed by the system. Also, locked apps remain in the Overview (Recent menu) even after the phone restarts or when you remove all apps from the overview.
These locked apps can only be removed from the overview when you unlock them manually. The good thing about such apps is that they don’t interfere with normal multitasking methods.
On Android phones running Oreo and Nougat, activate the overview menu by pressing and holding the Recents key. Long press on the app and select Lock.
On Android 9.0 Pie, the method is a bit different. Swipe up from the bottom of the home screen and scroll horizontally until you see the app of your choice. Tap the three-dot menu and tap Lock.
This easy and convenient method will prevent your background apps from randomly shutting down. So even if you restart your phone or clear the region, the selected apps will still be there.
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2. Pause automatic updates for apps
This battery optimization issue also occurs when apps update automatically in the background. So we can pause/block these updates. Of course, that means you’ll have to go to the Google Play Store to manually apply the updates.
Many times, most apps get minor updates in the form of language box updates or minor bug fixes. Unless it’s a major security update or a major UI change, you can pause automatic updates until OnePlus fixes the issue.
I know that pausing app updates isn’t a convenient solution, but if random apps getting killed bother you a lot, then you might have to grit your teeth.
To make these changes, go to Play Store > Settings and tap Auto-update apps under General. Now, select Don’t automatically update apps.
You can still schedule a day to manually update your apps. Open the Play Store and swipe left to access the left menu. Tap on My Apps & Games and hit the Update button for any app you want.
There is a bit of manual work involved, but it can help you with battery optimization.
3. Disable Deep Optimization
If the above methods don’t solve your problem, it’s time to access Advanced Optimization. While disabling this feature may result in shorter battery life, it will help keep your apps on the Not-Optimized list.
To do so, go to Settings > Battery > Battery optimization and tap the three-dot menu. Select Advanced Optimization and toggle the switch for Deep Optimization. It’s an inconvenient option and you should only turn it off when the two options above don’t work.
Normally, OnePlus disables notifications from apps, but disabling Deep Optimization opens the door to a lot of unnecessary notifications. You should be ready to manually turn off individual app notifications, or spam apps won’t let you live in peace.
Anything for better battery life
Thankfully, the first two tricks worked for me. For now, DashLane, Slack, and Truecaller are working as expected. Hopefully they also work with your OnePlus devices.
I have yet to test this feature after installing the latest OTA update released for OnePlus 6T. Hopefully new updates will bring better battery optimization.
If you have any questions regarding this or found other effective solutions, feel free to share them in the comments section below.
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